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• No More Excuses: A Roadmap to Justice for CIA Torture (New York et al.: Human Rights Watch, 2015), by Laura Pitter and Leslie Haskell (HTML and PDF with commentary at hrw.org)
• Detained and Denied in Afghanistan: How to Make U.S. Detention Comply With the Law (New York: Human Rights First, c2011), by Daphne Eviatar (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Investigation Into the Office of Legal Counsel's Memoranda Concerning Issues Relating to the Central Intelligence Agency's Use of "Enhanced Interrogation Techniques" on Suspected Terrorists (redacted for public release, 2009), by United States Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility (PDF at Wayback Machine)
• Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact (2008), by Physicians for Human Rights (PDF with commentary at phr.org)
• Material witness provisions of the criminal code, and the implementation of the USA Patriot Act : section 505 that addresses national security letters, and section 804 that addresses jurisdiction over crimes committed at U.S. facilities abroad : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, May 26, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interior immigration enforcement resources : hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, March 10, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by Border Security United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directing the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the Attorney General, and requesting the President, to provide certain information to the House of Representatives relating to extraordinary rendition of certain foreign persons : adverse report together with dissenting views (to accompany H. Res. 593). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Requesting the President of the United States and directing the the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to United States policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Conventions: adverse report together with dissenting views (to accompany H. Res. 624). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the Secretary of State's trip to Europe in December 2005 : adverse report together with dissenting views (to accompany H. Res. 642). (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Strengthening interior enforcement : deportation and related issues : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Citizenship and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 14, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by Border Security United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration and Technology United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Terrorism (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directing / requesting certain information relating to extraordinary rendition of certain foreign persons to be provided to the House of Representatives; requesting / directing certain documents relating to U.S. policies under the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Geneva Conventions to be provided to the House of Representatives; and requesting / directing certain documents relating to Europe in December 2005 to be provided to the House of Representatives : markup before the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, on H. Res. 593, H. Res. 624 and H. Res. 642, February 8, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States House Committee on International Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraordinary rendition in US counterterrorism policy (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations and United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Europe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Detention and removal : immigration detainee medical care : hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, October 4, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by Citizenship United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraordinary rendition, extraterritorial detention and treatment of detainees : restoring our moral credibility and strengthening our diplomatic standing : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 26, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rendition to torture : the case of Maher Arar : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, October 18, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations and Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
• Problems with ICE interrogation, detention, and removal procedures : hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, February 13, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Citizenship United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Torture and the cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees : the effectiveness and consequences of 'enhanced' interrogation : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, November 8, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diplomatic assurances and rendition to torture : the perspective of the State Department's legal adviser : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 10, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handling terrorism detainees within the American justice system (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18, 'the removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria' : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 5, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution and Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Problems with immigration detainee medical care : hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 4, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Citizenship United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Immigration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Applicability of federal criminal laws to the interrogation of detainees : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, December 20, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay : administration lawyers and administration interrogation rules. Pt. III : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 26, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
• Crossing the border : immigrants in detention and victims of trafficking. Pt. I and II : hearing before the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 15, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by Maritime United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security. Subcommittee on Border (page images at HathiTrust)
• Requesting that the President and directing that the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives all information in their possession relating to specific communications regarding detainees and foreign persons suspected of terrorism : report of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, on H. Res. 602. (U.S. G.P.O., 2009), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Legal issues surrounding the military commissions system : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 8, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploring the nature of Uighur nationalism : freedom fighters or terrorists? : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, June 16, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Proposals for reform of the military commissions system : hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 30, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document, record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of the Department of Defense, or any portion of such communication, that refers or relates to the trial or detention of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarek bin 'Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, or Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi : report of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, on H. Res. 924 together with additional and dissenting views. (U.S. G.P.O., 2009), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Implications of the Supreme Court's Boumediene decision for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba : non-governmental perspective (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• The treatment of detainees in U.S. custody : hearings before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 17 and September 25, 2008. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 2009., 2009), by United States Senate Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Exploring the nature of Uighur nationalism freedom fighters or terrorists? : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, June 16, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Implications of the Supreme Court's Boumediene decision for detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba : administration perspectives (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Upholding the principle of habeas corpus for detainees (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reforming the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and detainee policy : Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, hearing held July 24, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reforming the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guantánamo detainee transfer policy and recidivism : hearing before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, hearing held April 13, 2011. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law of war detention and the President's executive order establishing periodic review boards for Guantánamo detainees : Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, hearing held March 17, 2011. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• 10 years after the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Office of Professional Responsibility investigation into the Office of Legal Counsel Memoranda : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, second session, February 26, 2010 (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)

• National debate topic for high schools, 2005-2006 (U.S. G.P.O., 2006), by Tara Rainson and Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service (page images at HathiTrust)

• Putting the fight against terrorism on sound legal foundations (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Law of war detention and the President's executive order establishing periodic review boards for Guantánamo detainees : Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, first session, hearing held March 17, 2011. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States House Committee on Armed Services (page images at HathiTrust)

• Broken Laws, Broken Lives: Medical Evidence of Torture by US Personnel and Its Impact (2008), by Physicians for Human Rights (PDF with commentary at phr.org)
• Extraordinary rendition, extraterritorial detention and treatment of detainees : restoring our moral credibility and strengthening our diplomatic standing : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, July 26, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diplomatic assurances and rendition to torture : the perspective of the State Department's legal adviser : hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 10, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Inspector General Report OIG-08-18, 'the removal of a Canadian Citizen to Syria' : joint hearing before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties of the Committee on the Judiciary and the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 5, 2008. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by Civil Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution and Human Rights United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Organizations (page images at HathiTrust)

• Oversight hearings on corrections : overcrowding and alternatives to incarceration : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, first session, July 27 and September 27, 1989. (Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1990., 1990), by Intellectual Property United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violent offender incarceration and truth in sentencing incentive grant program : interim final rule. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, 1994), by United States. Office of Justice Programs (page images at HathiTrust)

• Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act : protecting our children and our communities : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, December 5, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, on H.R. 2289, June 9, 2009. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2010), by Terrorism United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Crime (page images at HathiTrust)

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